Balancing Equations- Addition and Subtraction

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This resource is scaffolded to help your students move from the concrete level of balancing equations to abstract. My students caught on in no time!

Addition Worksheets include:

Is it Equal? (pictures, numbers and simple equations using scales)
Equation Balance Cut and Paste (cut simple equations and match them on the scale)
Which Scale is Balanced? (dominoes)
True or False (equations on a scale)
What's the missing number? (with domino scaffold)
What's the missing number? (no pictures)

Subtraction:
Equation Balance Cut and Paste (cut simple equations and match them on the scale)
True or False (equations on a scale)
What's the missing number? missing 2nd number (subtrahend)
What's the missing number? missing initial number (minuend)